Freitag, 29. Mai 2009

London Underground System Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan Line was the first underground railway in the world and was opened on 10 January 1863. It has the couler TfL's Corporate Magent. It has 34 stadions and 5 of them are end station. The main line runs from Algate to Amersham, with branch lines to Uxbridge, Watford and Chesham. For the initial section of the line the rails are in tunnel for much of the way, beyond Baker Street, at Finchley Road the line runs in the open. Out of the 34 stations served, only 9 are underground. It is the oldest line and initially covered the bulk of the Underground system.
One stadion, the King's Cross St. Pancras stadion, connects Kings Cross and St Pancras.London King's Cross and London St Pancras are the principal National Rail services in the district. St Pancras is also the Eurostar terminus for International services to Paris and Brussels. Euston station is a half-mile to the west.Another stadion, the Moorgate station, is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street". It is terminus for suburban First Capital Connect services from Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth, and was a former terminus for trains on the Thameslink line, also run by First Capital Connect until March 2009. It is the site of the Moorgate tube crash of 1975 in which 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.
The Underground station is on the City branch of the Northern line between Old Street and Bank and also on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Barbican and Liverpool Street.
The train of typ A Stock ran in service with unpainted aluminium bodywork for many years, since refurbishment the stock has received the now standard white and blue Underground livery, with red ends.
This is the Metropoltan Line of London

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